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Mitracarpus longicalyx (Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae), a new species from northeastern Brazil

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Mitracarpus longicalyx is here described and illustrated from sandy areas of the caatingas of northeastern Brazil. The new species is similar toM. hirtus andM. megapotamicus.

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  1. Curso de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Sobral, 62040-370, Ceará, Brazil

    Elnatan Bezerra de Souza

  2. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, 52171-930, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Margareth Ferreira De Sales

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de Souza, E.B., De Sales, M.F. Mitracarpus longicalyx (Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae), a new species from northeastern Brazil. Brittonia 53, 482–486 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02809647

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